Connecting fiber modem to wifi router

I am usually pretty savvy with networking but this one really has got me.  I have searched all over teh Intarwebs with no success solving it.  I need the help of my fellow Mac-o-philes.
Basically, here's the issue.  I'm in Mexico, and I want to set up a VPN (specifically HideMyAss, HMA) so that I can use my Roku and generally stream things from the United States.
TELMEX has given me a Alcatel-Lucent I-240w-q router which connects to the fiber line they have run to my house.
Separately, I bought a ASUS RT-N16 wifi router because that is the one that HMA says can be programmed to be the central "tunnel" into their VPN.  I upgraded the RT-N16 firmware to DD-WRT's most recent build.
I have access to the config sections of both routers so I can modify their settings at will.
So what I need to do is connect the Alcatel router to the Asus router in such a way as I can use the Asus router as the primary access to the Internet (I wanted to set this up BEFORE I get the HMA subscription so that I could confirm it worked before I shell out for HMA).
I would deeply appreciate any assistance at all in setting things up so it goes through.

Really, nobody?

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